Meeting of the Constitutional Convention

Philadelphia, PA. Friday May 25, 1787

James Madison, VA:______

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Elbridge Gerry, MA:______

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Roger Sherman, CT:______

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Alexander Hamilton, NY:______

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William Livingston, NJ:______

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Benjamin Franklin, PA:______

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Governour Morris, PA:______

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George Mason, VA:______

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Charles Pinckney, SC:______

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Luther Martin, MD:______

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James Rutlidge, SC:______

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Oliver Elsworth, CT:______

______The main issues to be discussed at the convention are...

1. Should power rest in the states or the national government? Why? How much power should the leaders have and what type of leaders should there be? How should we select our governmental leaders?

2. How should the government be structured? How much power should each branch of government have and what specifics need to be considered about each branch (legislative, executive, judicial)?

3. How should representation be decided, by population or equally by state? Should slaves count in the population?

4. What should be done about the slave trade?

5. Do we need to guarantee individual rights?

Each student is to compile a delegate portfolio that is to be turned it at the culmination of the convention. The portfolio will have three main parts: (1) Research Notes, (2) Position Statements, and (3) Convention Records.

Part One: Research your delegate to discover information on your delegate in this order:

a. Personal background of your delegate

b. Delegate feelings and attitudes towards the issues of the Mock Convention

c. How your delegate will vote in the issues

d. Enemies and allies of your delegate at the convention

e. How geography effects your delegate (where they live, how they make a living, etc.)

Part Two: All FIVE issues will be addressed at the Convention. Write a position paper for each as to how your delegate feels about that issue. You will use these at the convention during debate on the issues.

Part Three: During the convention, you will record:

a. How you voted playing the part of your delegate

b. How you would have voted on the issue

c. What happened each day of the Mock Convention?

d. The historical outcome of the convention issues

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